
In September 2008, Rowling donated £1 million to the Labour Party and commended Brown's commitment to improving the lives of poor families. Rowling has been a long-time friend of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah Brown.

These views have been criticised as transphobic by some LGBT rights organisations and some feminists, but have received support from other feminists.

Since late 2019, Rowling has publicly voiced her opinions on transgender people and related civil rights. She opposed Scottish independence in a 2014 referendum and Brexit during the 2016 referendum to leave the European Union.

Rowling, writer of Harry Potter and other Wizarding World works, has garnered attention for her support of the Labour Party under Gordon Brown and her criticism of the party under Jeremy Corbyn, as well as her opposition to the Republican Party under Donald Trump. Rowling reads from Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone at the 2010 Easter Egg Roll at the White House.īritish author J.
